| gen. | Andromeda galaxy | Галактика Андромеды (вики. M31 might not look very impressive but it's the most remote object you'l l ever see with your naked eye, at a distance of 2.2 million light-years. This barely visible smudge is comfortably remote now. But the gap's closing fast; M31 is approaching us at a blistering 130 kilometers per second (300,000 miles per hour) . In 3 billion years we'l l merge with our nearest galactic neighbor. How It Ends , М31 Alexander Demidov) |
